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Historical Event on 6/19/1981

APPLE, India's first experimental geo-stationary telecommunication satellite having experimental communication satellite, successfully launched by European Ariane, Kourou, French Guiana. This is the first to be stabilized on 3 axes.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/7/1974South Africa beats India in Women's Open in 63rd Tennis Davis Cup.
12/1/1965Border Security Force was organised, which would be armed and trained to man the International Border with Pakistan.
5/27/1991Justice J.S. Verma of the Supreme Court appointed to probe into Rajiv Gandhi murder case.
8/6/2000Sundararajan Kidambi becomes the new International Master in the Beil Open chess championship at Biel.
12/25/1937Pitambar Datt Kaushika, great educationist, was born at Bulandshahar.
12/28/1972C. Rajagopalachari, the only Indian Governor General, died.
3/1/1994Manmohan Desai, famous Hindi film maker, passed away. He was 57.
4/8/1937R. Gundurao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka and senior leader of Indira Congress, was born.
11/17/1925Jemini Ganesh, film actor, was born.
12/23/1969Armstrong and Aldrin collected Moon rock, which was kept on exhibition in New Delhi.